The interlinear glosses written in African languages of West Africa often have a descriptive metalinguistic marker, asserting the presence of an Ajami segment. The earliest dated use of such a marker has been found in one Borno Qur'an manuscript.
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manuscript-cultures.uni-ham… Research supported by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Projektnummer 344888349